(Gli "attacchi" di Elizabeth Lambert)
Ormai è una celebrità nel web. Elizabeth Lambert, giovane calciatrice del New Mexico, è diventata famosa non solo per le doti sul campo ma per i suoi "colpi proibiti", sempre sul terreno di gioco. Date un occhiata al video e capirete di cosa stiamo parlando. Click to continue reading...

So what did I spend today doing? Bringing the rest of you up to snuff. First I had to correct Wilt on when Columbus Crew Stadium was built and how much it cost in his "Top 20 MLS Stadia" post (it was completed in 1999 at a reported cost of around $27 million [Ed. Although Wikipedia says $28.5 mil]). Click to continue reading...

Who says girls on the soccer field are too soft? look and see why Not that we want our own Banyana Banyana to employ these tactics, but a University of New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

Girl Soccer Player Pulls Hair

According to the Huffington Post Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal.

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Elizabeth Lambert. Plays of the University of New Mexico.
She's brutal. Worse than Cantona or Gattuso or Materazzi or anyone you can think of.
Check out the highlights from SportsCenter.
Then check out some links:

• MLS Defender of the Year: Chad Marshall.

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Soccer can be a tough game and it's especially so in the Mountain West Conference. Footage of the conference semifinal game in Provo, Utah where BYU beat New Mexico 1-0 has been making the rounds and not for the right reasons.

Why is it that the only times women's sports make the nightly news is when they cross the line?

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Soccer can be a tough game and it appears that's especially true in the Mountain West Conference. Footage of the conference semifinal game in Provo, Utah – where BYU beat New Mexico 1-0 – has been making the rounds and not for any of the right reasons.

Why is it that the only time women's sports make the nightly news is when the players cross the line?

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Once upon of time there were soccer hardmen such as Roy Keane and Vinnie Jones. Then came the likes of Gennaro Gattuso, Rigobert Song and Marco Materazzi. Now we introduce you to the toughest female soccer player that we've ever seen Elizabeth Lambert of the University of New Mexico. Check out Lethal Liz throw a [. Click to continue reading...

Elizabeth Lambert, junior defender for the University of New Mexico's women's soccer team should be red carded for life. Brandon Spikes has gotten the heat lately (deservedly so), but there's no excuse for this.

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As much stick as American fans of football a/k/a soccer get from the mainstream sports media and sports fan, I'm always shocked at how many fans of the Beautiful Game dismiss the women's game. Those of us who take even a passing interest in women's football know it is not a gentle love fest. Click to continue reading...

With the Galaxy down to one healthy goalkeeper in Josh Weeks after Charles Alamo and now Steve Cronin suffered what Coach Bruce Arena effectively regards as season-ending injuries, he is calling in reinforcements in the shape of former Colorado Rapids draft pick Mike Graczyk, a former University of New Mexico standout now in the MLS pool of goalkeepers retained for just this purpose (so no Kasey Keller on loan then, I guess).

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Here's some more stuff from the New Mexico Cup.
Attendance was announced as 2,642 for the game tonight, according to this article about Lance Watson from the Albuquerque Journal, the only write up in the local press so far on how the game went. That's a far cry from what organizers were apparently expecting according to a video on local news station, KRQE. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards will be competing in the first ever New Mexico Cup Saturday May 31st in Albuquerque, New Mexico. KC will take on Guatemalan side, CSD Municipal in the match on the University of New Mexico football field at 8 pm Central time. The Wizards don't have an MLS game that weekend, which allows for them to play in this tournament. Click to continue reading...